Re-thinking Diversity: Multiple Approaches in Theory, Media, Communities, and Managerial Practice (Management – Culture – Interpretation)

New articles in social sciences Re-thinking Diversity from a Cultural Science Perspective Practical Approaches and Applied Research on Diversity From the Back Cover This volume entails a collection of new ideas, themes and questions towards a phenomenon which we are used to refer to with the key term “diversity”. The aim of the book is to offer a cultural sciences perspective on “diversity”, to advance knowledge about it and enrich the dialogue between academics and practitioners in related domains of action. Today, changes in the demographic structures of the population, the migration flux, multiculturalism, the rising awareness concerning minorities’ rights, gender studies and so on lead to a complex picture of what “diversity” means. The narrative of a society and of most organizations is constituted by multiple layers of social categorization, segregation and identity. Therefore, “diversity” defies simple definition. The contributions in this volume approach the phenomenon from different angles and reveal new theoretical, methodological and practical perspectives on it. Contents Re-thinking Diversity from a Cultural Science Perspective Diversity in Organizations Diversity in the Community Diversity in the Media Practical Approaches and Applied Research on Diversity Target Groups Lecturers and students of economics and social sciences, philology and cultural studies Executives from business, politics and administration The Editors Prof. Dr. Cordula Braedel-Kühner, Freie Waldorfschule Offenburg, Offenburg Prof. Dr. Andreas P. Müller, Karlshochschule International University, Karlsruhe Topics Methodology of the Social Sciences Cultural Studies Communication Studies Front Matter....Pages 1-6 Introduction: Re-thinking Diversity from a Cultural Science Perspective....Pages 7-18 Front Matter....Pages 19-19 Towards an Intercultural Approach to Social Cohesion....Pages 21-34 Perceive it or forget it? Diversity between Objectivity and Subjectivity....Pages 35-53 Social Divisions, Intergroup Conflict and Diversity. Reflections about Social Conflict and Diversity: the Case of Israeli Organizations....Pages 55-82 Culture as a Possible Factor of Innovation: Evidence from the European Union and Neighboring Countries....Pages 83-107 Front Matter....Pages 109-109 Interview: Bureaucracy, Bias, and Diversity – Structural Constraints and Opportunities in Organizations....Pages 111-120 Cultural Diversity in Multinational Corporations....Pages 121-132 Interview: Re-Thinking the Diversity–Innovativeness Relation. A (Micro-) Political Approach....Pages 133-138 Surveying the Quality of Ageing at Work: Tools and Findings to Support HRM Processes....Pages 139-156 Interview: How to work with Diversity....Pages 157-168 Diversity Reporting in Germany – an Empirical Investigation of DAX30 Companies....Pages 169-189 Front Matter....Pages 191-191 Managing Cultural Diversity through Multiculturalism in NGOs for Social Change: An Israeli Case Study....Pages 193-215 Pluralist Traditions, Craft Communities and Development Dialogues in Kachchh (Gujarat, western India)....Pages 217-226 Panel Discussion: Diversity and Urban Governance....Pages 227-238 Social Diversity Discourses in Documentaries on Migration....Pages 239-254 Representation of Diverse Identities in Eurimages-backed Turkish-initiative Co-productions....Pages 255-264 Front Matter....Pages 265-265 (re)Thinking Cultural Diversity from a Students’ Perspective....Pages 267-279 The Outsider and Diversity....Pages 281-288 Sind Geduld und Demut Eselstugenden?....Pages 289-311 This volume entails a collection of new ideas, themes and questions towards a phenomenon which we are used to refer to with the key term "diversity". The aim of the book is to offer a cultural sciences perspective on "diversity", to advance knowledge about it and enrich the dialogue between academics and practitioners in related domains of action. Today, changes in the demographic structures of the population, the migration flux, multiculturalism, the rising awareness concerning minorities' rights, gender studies and so on lead to a complex picture of what "diversity" means. The narrative of a society and of most organizations is constituted by multiple layers of social categorization, segregation and identity. Therefore, "diversity" defies simple definition. The contributions in this volume approach the phenomenon from different angles and reveal new theoretical, methodological and practical perspectives on it. Contents Re-thinking Diversity from a Cultural Science Perspective Diversity in Organizations Diversity in the Community Diversity in the Media Practical Approaches and Applied Research on Diversity Target Groups Lecturers and students of economics and social sciences, philology and cultural studies Executives f rom business, politics and administration The Editors Prof. Dr. Cordula Braedel-Kühner, Freie Waldorfschule Offenburg, Offenburg Prof. Dr. Andreas P. Müller, Karlshochschule International University, Karlsruhe